Card or sheet holder



I G. P. WIGGINTON CARD 0R SHEET HOLDER Filed May 9, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet2 IfVVEfVTOR 06076 F K47717150 VK W A TTORNE Ys- Patented Jan. 1, 1929.

GEORGE 1?. WIGGINTON,

Application filed. May 9,

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My present improvements relate to the type of card or sheet holderillustrated in my application 1926, Serial No. 117,072, improvementuponfor Letters Patent filed June 19,.

the same being an and in some respects an adaptation of the structurethere illustrated.

The main objects of this First, to provide an app acter in which aplurality of supports,

invention are aratus of this chareach carrying a plurallty of sheetholders, maybe assembled orarranged in a blnder of theloose leaftype.

. retain thesheets, and at thesame time permits ill) their quick removalor rep lacement.

Third, to provide. an apparatus of the class described in which thesupports are adapted.

to be handled as leaves of a binder with means for retaining the sheetsor cards supported,

permitting such handling or adjustment.

Objects relating to details construction and operation and economies ofwill appear fromthe detailed description to follow.

The invention is the claims.

A structure which is a defined and pointed outin preferred embodimentofmy invention is illustrated in the ac- I, companymg draw mg, forming apart or this specification, in which:

Fig. 1 1s a perspective view the loose leaf-type having of leaf formembodying the features of my invention bound there n.

of a binder of a plurality of units Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryplan view ofone of the supportshavmg a plurality of. sheets or cards mounted;thereon.

Fig.3 3 is an enlarged detail section on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailv & l of Figs. 2 and 3. 7

section on line Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of one ofthe.-,sheet holders, as shown in and 4C, a tragmentof a sheet. beingshown en--- 7 v v lation which permits the making of} the body gagedwith the holder. 7

Figs. 1, 3

Fig. 5 is a detail section on line 5. '5 of Fig. 5.

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Fig, .6 is a perspective view of the transfer detail section .on a linecorre- Fig 2, 1llustrat1ng the method of using the transtel member.

plan view showing.

of my invention 1927. Serial no. 189,968.

the sheet-retaining member in sheet-retain- 1ng p0s1t1on. i

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary edge'view showing the sheet-retaining member insheet retain ng position, its inoperative or sheet-releasing positionbeing shown by dotted lines,

Fig.110 is a plan view 01 another form of sheet-retaining means, itbeing in the form of a sheet having a celluloid panel therein adapted tooverlie the support with the sheetsthereon in substantially the samemanner :as the bail-like retainer shown in'Figs. 2, 8 and 9.

' Figjllgis a fr-agmentaryplan view of a modified form of holderandsheetattacl1ing means.

Fig. 12 is a Fig. v11. I

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary plan viewshowing another modification in thesheet-attaching means.

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary plan view showing still another modification inthe sheet attachmg means. a

Fig. 15 is a detail section'on line 15-'15'of Fig.14. f

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken lookingin the direction of the. little arrows at the ends ofthe section lines.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 represents a loose sheet binder provided.with binding or clamping bars 2. As the. structural details of thisbinder form no part of this invention,

detail section on line 12 12 of they are not illustrated herein. Thisbinder,

on opposite sides being arranged in olfset reshowninFigs. 2, it and 5,onsists of a plate vely thin. j These I the member 18 is formed with alike clamping member 9 pivoted to the upwardly projecting cars 10 on theholders by means of the pintles 11.

The spring clamp 12 is riveted at 13 to the plate member providing apair of spring sheet-engaging fingers, the sheets or cards 14 beingarranged between the clamping member 9 and these spring clampingfingers. These clamping fingers are provided with pins 15 which arealigned with holes 16 in plate member 9 see Figs. 3, 5 and 5 the pinscoact ing with the holes, forming punches which pierce the sheets, thespring of the fingers, however, coacting with the pins in retaining thesheets.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the clamping member 17corresponds to the member 9 in the embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 5 andthe coacting spring member 18 is formed integrally of a sheet of springmetal formed around the pivot 19-see Fig. 12. A sheet-engagingprojection 20 is formed upon the member 17 to engage the sheet, as shownin Figs. 11 and 12, an opening 21 being formed in the spring member 18to permit the projection 20 to engage the sheet.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 13 is substantially the same as that shownin Figs. 11 and 12 with the exception that the member 17 is formed witha pair of projections 20 while pair of openings 21.

. The embodiment shown in Figs. 14 and 15 is substantially that shown inFigs. 11, 12

' and 13 with the exception that no projections or openings are formedin the spring clamping members 22 and 23., the sheet being retainedmerely by the frictional grip of the spring members thereon.

lVhen the supports are used in a binder in the form of leaves, it isdesirable to provide means for retaining the sheets so that they willnot become displacedby swinging on their pivots as the supports areturned as leaves. I therefore provide a. retaining means which in theembodiment shown in F igs. 1 to 9 is in the form of a bail 23 havingpintles 24 at the ends of its arms pivotally mounted on the supports sothat the bail may be swung to sheet-retaining position, as shown in Fig.8, the cross portion of the bail lying centrally above theseries ofsheets.

To. retain the holder in this position, I provide the holder withoffsets 25 adjacent its pivots, these offsets engaging the springs 26attached at one end by means of the rivets 27 and extending across therecesses 28 which allows the springs to swing downward as the retainersare swung on their pivots, the springs thus acting to hold the retainersin sheet-supporting position, as best shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

In Fig. 10, I illustrate a modified form of sheet retainer, the sameconsisting of a frame 29 having a hinged attaching flap 30, the

frame containing a panel 31 of celluloid or other transparent material,these retainer members being interposed between the supports so thatthey may be swung with the supports, thus holding the sheets incollapsedposition or preventing their swinging on their pivots.

To facilitate the manipulation of the holders, I preferably providetransfer members 32 which. have headed tongues 33 adapted to engage inthe keyhole-shaped slots 34, so as to properly align the transfermembers with the ways of the supports, I permitting the holders beingslipped into the transfer member or from the transfer member when theyare aligned as shown in Fig. 7. This feature, however, is made thesubject matter of claims inmy said application and is shown here merelyto more fully illustrate the manipulation of the apparatus.

My improved sheet or card holder illustrated is capable of very rapidmanipulation. A plurality of sheets or cards are very compactlysupported so that any individualsheet or card may be fully inspected.Further, the sheets may be quickly removed ordetached from the holders.The apparatus is also, as stated, well adapted for embodiment in abinder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on said sup port,sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders innon-overlapping relation with adjacent holders, and a baillikesheet-retaining member having pintles at the ends of its arms engagingsaid support at one side of the sheets and adapted to be swung to oneside of the sheets to permit the swinging of the sheets on their saidholders or to be swung downwardly upon the sheets carried by saidholders.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on said support,sheet-attaching members pivota-lly mounted on said holders, and abail-like sheet-retaining member having pintles at the ends of its armsengaging said support at one side of the sheets and adapted to be swungto one side of the sheets to permit the swinging of the sheets on theirsaid holders or to be swung downwardly upon the sheets carried by saidholders.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on said support,sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders innon-overlapping relation with adjacent holders when the holders areadjusted edge to edge, and a sheet-retaining member pivotally supportedat one side of the sheets and adapted. to be swung to one side of thesheets to permit the swinging of the sheets on their said holders or tobe swung downwardly upon the sheets carried by said holders.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on said support,sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders, and asheet-retaining member pivot-ally supported at one side of the sheetsand adapted to be swung to one side of the sheets to permit the swingingof the sheets on their said holders or to be swung downwardly upon thesheets carried by said holders.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a binder,a plurality of leaf-like supports assembled therein, each support beingprovided with a groove-like way, a plurality of sheet holders providedwith heads slidably engaging in said way, sheet-attaching memberspivotally mounted on said holders whereby the sheets carried by saidholders are hingedly supported thereon in overlapping relation, andmeans operatively associated with said supports and sheet holders forpreventing the swinging of the sheets on their holders, such means beingadapted to be swung to one side of the sheets to permit freemanipulation of the sheets and holders.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a binder,a plurality of leaf-like sup-ports assembled therein, a plurality ofsheet holders adjustab-ly mounted on said supports, sheet-attachingmembers pivotally mounted on said holders whereby the sheets carried bysaid holders are hinged ly supported thereon, and means operativelyassociated with said supports and sheet holders for preventing theswinging of the sheets on the holders, such means being adapted to beswung to one side of the sheets. permitting "free manipulation of thesheets and holders.

7. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on said support,sheet-attaching members comprising supporting plates pivoted on saidholders and having spaced holes therein, and spring members mounted onsaid plates and provided with pins. registering with said holes toengage sheets arranged between the spring member and plates, said pinscoacting with the holes in the plates to provide sheetpunching means.

8. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on said sup port, andsheet-attaching members each comprising a pair of eoactingsheet-clamping members pivotally mounted on said holders,

one of said clamping members being provided with a hole and the otherwith a pin registering with said hole to engage a sheet arrangedbetweenthe clamping members.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support,a plurality of sheet holders slidably engageable with said support, andattaching members pivotally mounted on said holders and each comprisingcoacting sheet-clamping members, one of said clamping members beingprovided with a sheet-engaging projection and the other with an openingpositioned to receive said projection.

10. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of asupport, a plurality of sheet holders slidably mounted on saidsupport,and spring sheet clamp means pivotally mounted on said holders, saidholders being adapted to lie in end-to-end abutting relation and saidsheet-clamping members being adapted to collapse upon the same innon-overlapping relation with. adjacent holders.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set in hand.

GEORGE P. WIGGINTON.

